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Pershing Recalls AEF Rise and Allied Struggles in France
General Pershing details the early American expeditionary force in France July 1917 through major challenges. He describes censorship limits, the Paris welcome, the push for massive troop transport, and the need for expert staff and overseas artillery sourcing from France and Britain. He notes the Red Cross expansion and the evolution of allied cooperation and American leadership.
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Paris
Sixteenth Infantry
Saint Nazaire
Soissons
Lafayette
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Gol. GC. H. Stanton
Stanton
France
Baltic
Washington
America
Atlantic
Europe
War Department
Forestry Service
Henry Graves
United States Forestry Service
Philippine Islands
Ordnance Department
United States
Red Cross
Petain
Douglas Haig
Rbeldiques
Harbord
Alvard
Patton
Birch